Is Nous: Hermes 4 70B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Nous: Hermes 4 70B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.40 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nous: Hermes 4 70B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Nous: Hermes 4 70B vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

Nous: Hermes 4 70B is cheaper on output tokens, while Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Nous: Hermes 4 70B or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nous: Hermes 4 70B	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.13	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.40	$25.00
Context window	131K	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Aug 2025	Nov 2025

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